Today, the Senate will vote on moving forward with relief for Americans. That relief is necessary because of COVID-19. The bill contains new funds for testing and contact tracing, aid for schools and colleges to keep our kids safe, and it…

this year has been one of the most challenging years for Iowa farmers during my 40 years in the Senate. Farmers have had to confront coronavirus supply chain disruptions, widespread drought, and a record windstorm that moved across our…

In August, I held 49 county meetings as part of my annual 99-county set of meetings in Iowa. At every meeting, the format is the same: Iowans set the agenda. Challenges from the pandemic and storm recovery were among their top concerns. To…

yesterday many parts of my home State of Iowa were hit by extreme winds and severe storms--90-mile-an-hour winds, probably along the path along Interstate 80 from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River. Trees are uprooted, roadways…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 1 minute as in morning business, please. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

today our national public health and economic crisis continues without additional legislative action. Reports over the weekend indicate that the Senate minority leader believes that he can hold out for a massive, unwieldy bill that even…

I am here to join my colleague from Iowa, Senator Ernst, in this effort. We ought to get this unanimous consent request accomplished, and we ought to get this bill passed because it is unjustified that we don't get the cooperation that it…

I want to speak about a Native American tradition in the State of Iowa. It is about the Meskwaki Nation--the only federally recognized Tribe in Iowa. This year, many important annual community events have been canceled due to the COVID-19…

every day we can see that this public health crisis is also an economic crisis. During the shutdowns, some employers shuttered completely, and others were forced to lay off workers. Tens of millions of jobs were saved thanks to the…

watch the news or read the newspapers, and you will know that there are a lot of deliberations going on to help with the problems that we have of people being unemployed, the pandemic we are fighting, and getting the economy up and…

history has a way of repeating itself. If we don't learn from the mistakes of the past, we are apt to repeat them. As the November election draws near and as foreign adversaries again seek to meddle in our democracy, let's review our…

for the benefit of my colleagues who want to speak next, I have a 1-minute remark and approximately 5 minutes of remarks. Today is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. It is a perfect day to salute an Iowa entrepreneur who built a cookie…

On another matter, Madam President, Iowa is home to 86,000 family farms and leads the Nation in the production of commodities, such as corn, where we are No. 1; soybeans, No. 2; pork, and eggs, No. 1. Iowa also ranks in the top 10 in…

Iowa's secretary of state Paul Pate will mail an absentee ballot request form to every registered Iowa voter for the November election. This is a request form, not a ballot, being mailed out to everybody. Iowa's current absentee ballot…

everybody now in the Senate remembers Senator Hatch. I want to tell you how he is still on the job, reminding Americans of our traditions. Recently, my friend from Utah, former Senator Orrin Hatch, wrote about American academia and our…

I do thank the Senator from Delaware for bailing me out, as we sometimes say in Iowa. I have two reasons for speaking this morning. No. 1, very shortly, this week is the 30th year of the Americans with Disabilities Act as the law of the…

the motorcoach industry has been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic turndown as a result of it. Iowa has many motorcoach operators, several of which are really family owned and some of them for two or three…

I ask unanimous consent to speak 1 minute in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

now that the United Kingdom has separated from the European Union, it is our opportunity to sit down with the United Kingdom and do some business. Therefore, I am pleased that the United States and the United Kingdom are making strides in…

I want to talk about the World Trade Organization. I have said what I am going to say now before. So I want to say it again: The United States must reaffirm its commitment to significant reform of the World Trade Organization. The United…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 1 minute in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Hyde-Smith). Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Iowa. ____________________

Former Vice President Biden and Minority Leader Schumer have indicated a willingness to end the so-called filibuster if Democrats gain a majority in the U.S. Senate after this year's election. Meanwhile, Democrats used the same rule to…

About half an hour ago, Leader McConnell gave an outline of the bill that will be before the Senate in regard to carrying on where the CARES Act left off. Those of us who are chairmen of various committees or have input into this process…

I am pleased that earlier today the Senate passed S. 3841 by unanimous consent. This is a commonsense measure that will ensure the $1,200 economic impact payments Congress provided to help individuals meet essential needs during these…

on another issue--and more current-- earlier this year, after the longest economic expansion in U.S. history, the government told the American people to stay home and businesses to close--the first time in 240 years of our country…